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I am writing to thank Senator ​Daines for his support of the NASA High School Students United with NASA to Create Hardware (HUNCH) program. This 14-year-old program has been operational in Montana since 2005. Students in Laurel and Billings have built flight hardware, electronic training equipment, and prototypes to help astronauts live and work on the International Space Station.

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Florence Gold

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Medicaid services mean so much to me. I’m Darren Larson. I enjoy watching sports, hanging out with family and friends and going to work to make a positive impact. I grew up in the small town of Eureka, Mont., with a big and loving family and moved to Missoula to go to college and make something of myself.

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Darren Larson

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Sen. Daines hasn’t been acting very local lately. He co-sponsored the “Resolution of Disapproval” against the Bureau of Land Management’s Methane and Waste Prevention Rule. From 2013-2016, one of Sen. Daines’ largest contributors was Koch Industries, which has a terrible environmental record (opensecrets.org, Dark Money by Jane Mayer).
The methane rule makes sure companies developing our oil reserves aren’t burning off or leaking natural gas that belongs to us. The rule makes sure that taxpayers get the full value out of our resources.

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Katy Kern

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Pink has long been a color used in hunting to draw women to the sport. You can get pink guns, pink bows, pink arrows and pink camo.
Now, I’m guilty of having some pink on my bowstrings and arrow fletchings. It looks sharp against the black on my bow, and, well, I just like it. I’m also guilty of wearing camo with pink logos. But, I have never owned any article of pink camo. And here’s why…

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STEPHANIE PRATT

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From a field of seven candidates Rob Quist, longtime Montana musician, won the nomination to run for Ryan Zinkes’ former seat in the U.S. House of Representives as a Democrat.
The last three standing were Kelly McCarthy of Billings, Amanda Curtis of Butte and Rob Quist of Creston, Mont. Quist won the nomination from a majority of nominators on the fourth ballot. Quist defeated Amanda Curtis 90 to 69 in the final runoff.

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From a field of seven candidates Rob Quist, longtime Montana musician, won the nomination to run for Ryan Zinkes’ former seat in the U.S. House of Representives as a Democrat.
The last three standing were Kelly McCarthy of Billings, Amanda Curtis of Butte and Rob Quist of Creston, Mont. Quist won the nomination from a majority of nominators on the fourth ballot. Quist defeated Amanda Curtis 90 to 69 in the final runoff.

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Has spring, sprung? Good time for a new beginning
March came in like a lamb in these parts.
A cold lamb, to be sure, but definitely not a blizzarding, frozen and stormy lion like many of us expected.
While this winter might go down as one of the more severe ones in recent years, one can’t help but notice calving has kicked in, Ace has an ad in the paper to prepare lawnmowers and the school year is more than half over.
Bottom line: We have turned the corner on the worst of the weather.

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This weekend, for the first time since 1989, my veterinary practice will be doctorless. Laurel schools are out for four days, so Dr. Mark is taking his family to San Diego for some sand and theme-park therapy. His trip has been scheduled for months. I was planning on covering the weekend, but daughter Chelsie invited us to join her, Marcus and their four mini-Warners for a short ski and water-park vacation in Kellogg, Idaho. I have not seen these four grandkids since last July, so I am not letting this opportunity slip through my fingers.